Sketch this cards 23

Made a card this morning for Sketch This cards 23

Used:DCWV cardstock, BG Gypsy paper, KI Memories paper from Funky Paper pad, KI Memories curly alphabet stamps, blue Colorbox chalk ink, black Sakura pen, felt, button, embroidery stranded cotton, Technique Tuesday straight and narrow stamps, gems.

Sketch this cards #31

Not done any of the Sketch this cards for a while but here's my card for sketch #31

Used: DCWV cardstock, A2Z paper, organza ribbon, American Crafts rub-ons and a Marvy pen.

A couple of cards

Made these two using sketches from the sketch this cards blog :

Not a great picture! Couldn't get the colours to look right so it looks a bit washed out!

Used: Bazzill cardstock, Scenic Route paper, paper downloaded from Two Peas (from Cherie Mask's Purse Passion kit), Heid Grace stamp (friend), Technique Tuesday stamps (straight and narrow), black Brilliance ink, Dovecraft brads, Rob and Bob clip, ribbon and a black Sakura pen.

Used: DCWV cardstock, MME paper, A2Z paper, paper downloaded from LetteringDelights.com, Heidi grace stamps (can you tell that I love these?!), black Brilliance ink and Creative Imaginations stickers.

Hoping for a quiet weekend and that I can get some scrapping/cardmaking done. Not holding out much hope tonight though - put Jess to bed at 9pm and in the past hour and a half I've had to go up to her 3 times!

Worrying times

Today my SIL had an emergency heart operation at the age of 39! She's been feeling breathless when walking for a few weeks and after we all had a go at her on holiday she went to the Dr who chcked her over and did an ECG which was fine. Dr then sent her for a chest x-ray and blood tests which she had on Tuesday then phoned her at work this morning to tell her they'd made an emergency appointment for her to see a cardiologist this afternoon. Within an hour of her seeing the cardiologist she was in theatre having a growth removed from her heart. Apparently this could well have been there since birth but has never been picked up and was constricting the blood flow in her heart. The op went well and she now has to spend at least 5 days in hospital but as it's miles away from us I feel pretty useless and feel like I should be doing something to help. My in-laws are off to stay at her house tomorrow so hopefully we'll know more once they see her. I've made her a card to send tomorrow: This was done using sketch this cards #23. I used: DCWV cardstock, KI Memories paper, Dovecraft paper, K&Co letters to go, Prima flowers, Technique Tuesday straight and narrow stamps, Studio G stamp, black Brilliance ink.

Must just mention that I took Jess to be weighed this afternoon and she was 16lbs 4oz and following the growth curve beautifully.

Two birds with one stone

Well, I've just finished this card which takes care of both the Sketch this cards #19 and the DCM text message challenge.

It's a 5" X 5" one using DCWV cardstock and MAMBI Scrappy Chic paper. The star was cut from Doodlebug vellum and then I wiped it with the Essential Glue Pad before brushing over with some Interference Blue Pearl-ex. The stickers are MM Boho Chic and Doodlebug Just my Type. Had another go with the new sewing machine too!!!

Off to have a lok for some more challenges now before my parents turn up (yes- I have done the cleaning!)

Got a cold again....

...and feeling pretty yucky. Would be OK if I could sleep it off but Jess has it too and isn't slepping too well and I've been spending a bit of time running errands for my next-door neighbour who has her ankle in a cast after falling down the stairs and breaking it. She's had two ops already on it and if it doesn't improve could be having another one next week. My sewing machine came yesterday and it is fabulous!! It is a third of the weight that my old one was and does 40 stitches. It is so easy to use and I love it! Have managed to make a couple of cards for the Sketch this cards blog :

This was for sketch #16 - used DCWV cardstock, MAMBI papers, a Rebecca Sower flower sticker and one of the Studio G stamps.

This is for sketch #18 - used some old pink card I bought yonks ago, KI Memories paper, corrugated card came from a Lidl Christmas craft pack, MAMBI monograms and some pink ribbon. Had to cheat to do the scalloped bit as I don't have a corner rounder that would do the job so had to use a circle punch to make circles and then arrange them on the card.

Sketch this card #17

As promised here's my card for the Sketch this card #17 :

Made using DCWV cardstock (love it!), DCWV papers and some plain blue old paper of unknown origin.

The circle was made by using a Banana Frog stamp from the Flowery Thoughts set stamped on to cardtock with Versamark and then hand sewing the beads on the stamped image before cutting it all out and inking the edges. The "dazzle" stamp was from the KI Memories Verbology Birthday set. All other sewing was done using my Granny's old New Home sewing machine that weighs an absolute ton. I am hoping to rectify that this week though as Lidl has their sewing machines in from Thursday at just £39.99 so if I can find one it will be mine!